Soft-collar holder



I. R. LEDERER.

SOFT COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLlCATION FILED JULY l0. i920.

1360650' Patented Nov. 30, 1920 0 V J ,l \\\\\\v\\"\ UNITED STATESIRVING R. LEDERER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SOFT-COLLAR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

Application filed July 10, 1920. Serial No. 395,316.

To all wko/m. t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IRviNG R. LEDERER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soft-CollarHolders, of whichv the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in softcollar holders, and the primary object of the invention is to produce aholder of this type in a simple and economical manner, and to alsoincrease the holding effectiveness of the device so as to assure samebeing held in place against accidental displacement both as to thelongitudinal and lateral movements.

The invention further resides in the structural features and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear plan view;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l of the front blank;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of a modified form of front blank,and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a solid orsomewhat thickened front blank l is employed which is formed with a pairof opposed integral lips 2 located at the center of the blank and with apair of similar lips 3 and 4 located on opposite sides of the lips 2 andat the side edges of the blank 1 similar to the arrangement of the lips2. The blank 1 is formed with depressions 5, 6 and 7 extendinglongitudinally of the blank and located respectively between the pair oflips 3, 2 and 4. Y

A spring member in the form of a spring bar 8, is employed, `which baris formed of undulating form and has three concave parts, 9, 9 and 10,of which the latter seats flat in the depression 6, and is securely heldtherein by bending the lips 2, thereover as depicted in Fig. 2. The part10, is shaped to conformably fit in the depression 6, and

accordingly is iiattened somewhat as depicted in Fig. l.

The concave parts 9 are engageable between the lips 3 and 4 and with thebottoms of the depressions 5 and 7, the free ends of the bar 8 beyondthe concave parts 9 being turned outwardly to form V-spaces 11 so as toallow the collar ends to be easily introduced between the bar 8 and thefront l.

In use of the device it will be seen that the collar ends will be forcedbetween the lips 3 and 4 and against the bottoms of the depressions 5and 7 by the concave parts 9. Consequently the fastener cannot move upor down due to the lips 3 and 4 which Somewhat bite into the collar, anddue to the engagement of the collar with the bottoms and ends of thedepressions 5 and 7, the device will be held against longitudinalmovement, the ends of the depressions forming shoulders.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 a pair of lips orears 2 are employed in place of/ each of the lips 2 in the preferredform, so as to more effectively secure the bar 8 in place where deemednecessary or desirable.

It will also be seen from the foregoing that no solder whatever isrequired to produce the structure and that the entire device is composedof but two parts each integral throughout.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A soft collar holder composed of a frontbar formed on its rear with three depressions, a pair of lips arrangedon opposite sides of each depression and a spring bar having concaveparts received in the respective depressions, the lips of the centraldepression being lbent over toward each other to hold the spring bar inthe central depression.

2. A soft collar holder, including a front bar having depressions on itsrear face, a lip adjacent each side of each depression, and a bar havingparts extending in'each depression, the lips of the central depressionbeing bent over the bar to hold same in position.

3. In :i soft eollai1 holder, a front bar, a spring bar secured to thefront bar between its ends vand having curved parts adjacent its ends,and pairs of spaced lips borne by the front bar and between Which thecurved parts of the spring bar are received.

In testimony whereof I have signed my' name to this specification in thepresence of 10 two subscribing Witnesses.

IRVING R. LEDERER.

Witnesses: l

E. P. TooMEY, J. A. MILLER.

